This recovery smoothie comes from one of the country's leading fitness divas and recent IRONMAN 70.3 first-time finisher.

Dawn is a co-founder of Tone it Up, an online community of women inspiring and supporting one another to live a fit, healthy, and happy life. Dawn and her business partner Katrina Hodgson met while workout out together at Equinox, and have since developed a contagious global fitness following. The two are well on their way to building a robust enterprise of products and media, branding themselves as the "it-girls" of anything and everything.

And now, one of their own is an "it-girl" of triathlon. Dawn is a triathlete and sports model who grew up active and passionate about fitness. She studied kinesiology and found triathlon: "I wanted to inspire other women to become strong and independent; to help them break out of the troubles in their life," she says on their website.

With Tone it Up's nutrition programs being one of the more popular areas of their program, we asked Dawn if we could steal one of her favorite recovery recipes as she comes down off the high of IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside. Whip up this healthy drink and feel the California spirit as you lead up to your next race.

From Karena Dawn: "A treat after your workout, this smoothie is high antioxidants and delivers a balanced combination of simple and complex carbs, easily digested Perfect Fit Protein, healthy fats, and many of the nutrients depleted during endurance training. With all of the ingredients being available year round, this has become my go-to smoothie after long workouts. Tip: Works well with Chocolate or Vanilla protein powder."

We hope you enjoy this creation, wherever you may be in your training and racing schedule.